CHAPTER 3 - How to Become a Shepherd

Question 1

1.A shepherd must have a desire

Answer 1

This is a true saying, If a man DESIRE the office of a bishop, he DESIRETH a good work (1 Timothy 3:1)

Question 2

2.A shepherd must have a divine call

Answer 2

And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is CALLED OF GOD, as was Aaron (Hebrews 5:4)

Brethren, MY HEART’S DESIRE and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved (Romans 10:1)

Question 3

3.A shepherd must have a willing commitment

Answer 3

FOR IF I DO THIS THING WILLINGLY, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me (1 Corinthians 9:16-17)

…Then said I, Here am I; SEND ME (Isaiah 6:8)

Question 4

4.A shepherd must have a godly character

Answer 4

Companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, Beginning from the baptism of John,… (Acts 1:21,22)

Question 5

5.The wife of a shepherd must be qualified for ministry

Answer 5

30 Pauline qualifications